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The Focused Intensity Foundation is dedicated to serve those who are ready to commit to a life of change and recovery. It was started by Ryan Leaf, former NFL player and recovering addict. They function as a donation based non-profit that provides scholarships specifically for treatment of substance abuse and mental health related disorders. Their team of volunteer workers is working diligently to respond to all inquiries in a timely manner. http://www.focusedintensity.org

Family Resource Center. Empowering Families to understand and address a child’s substance use. Research-based resources to help parents raising substance-free kids and help those with substance use. http://www.FamilyResourceCtr.org

Shatterproof. Shatterproof is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families – they are shattered. http://www.Shatterproof.org

Tracey Helton Mitchell, author of The Big Fix: traceyh415.blogspot.com. Tracey is one of the 5 addicts featured in the documentary Black Tar Heroin, below, and who survived. She is the mother of three and a counselor, working in harm reduction.

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street, 2000, Documentary by Steven Okazaki. Filmed from 1995 to 1998 in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, the documentary follows the lives of 5 heroin addicts. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3i4h60)

Heroin: Cape Cod USA, 2016, Documentary by Steven Okazaki.This is a cinema-verité look at the heroin epidemic currently sweeping America’s small towns and communities, focusing on eight young heroin addicts in idyllic Cape Cod, Mass. (YouTube for $2.99)

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As parents of an opiate addict who lost his life when he was 25, we want to share our experiences openly and honestly with the hope that we can encourage other parents, families, and friends to do the same and help remove the stigma and shame that have perpetuated the opiate epidemic. For parents with children of all ages, we want to make critical information and resources readily available with the goal of preventing other young people from entering the world of opiate addiction with all of its deadly consequences.